311 pages ; 24 cm

The Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies has played a pioneering role in the development of cultural studies. This book, by bringing together old and new work from the Centre, charts both the Centre's relation to the wider intellectual debates within cultural studies as well as the theoretical changes in its approach to its own work during the past decade. The articles in this collection are drawn from the first nine issues of the Centre's journal, Working Papers in Cultural Studies, from its list of stencilled papers and from recent unpublished work which extends the discussions initiated by the early papers. In a new article which introduces the book, Stuart Hall, director of the Centre from 1974 to 1979, traces the history and development of cultural studies generally, pointing out the major influences on the Centre's work and giving his personal assessment of the Centre's contribution to the field. A second introductory piece--Richard Johnson's 1976 review article on the debate about the 'peculiarities' of English social development--marks the Centre's shift in emphasis towards more historical work. The rest of the book is divided into sections on ethnography, media studies, language and English studies. Each presents an overview of the changing interests and directions in these areas, which are then illustrated by a selection of early and recent articles. The result is a guide to some of the landmarks in cultural studies and to the current state of the subject

Includes bibliographical references (p. [278]-304) and index

Cultural studies and the centre : some problematics and problems / Stuart Hall -- Barrington Moore, Perry Anderson and English social development / Richard Johnson -- Introduction to ethnography at the Centre / Roger Grimshaw, Dorothy Hobson, Paul Willis -- Subcultural conflict and working-class community / Phil Cohen -- Notes on method / Paul Willis -- Green Farm Scout Camp / Roger Grimshaw -- Housewives and the mass media / Dorothy Hobson -- Introduction to media studies at the Centre / Stuart Hall -- The ideological dimension of media messages / Marina Camargo Heck -- Encoding/decoding / Stuart Hall -- Television news and the social contract / Ian Connell -- Recent developments in theories of language and ideology : a critical note / Stuart Hall -- Texts, readers, subjects / Dave Morely -- Introduction to language studies at the Centre / Chris Weedon, Andrew Tolson, Frank Mort -- Ideology and subjectivity / John Ellis -- Theories of language and subjectivity / Chris Weedon, Andrew Tolson, Frank Mort (with help from Andrew Lowe) -- Sexuality for sale / Janice Winship -- Literature/society : mapping the field / The Literature and Society Group, 1972-3 -- Recent developments in English studies at the Centre / The English Studies Group, 1978-9 -- Selective guide to further reading and contacts

Interpr.: ISBN 0-09-142071-7 Pbk : \4.50

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